Subject: RE: [xsl] help understanding xslt processing model From: jonec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 12:57:06 -0700 (PDT) |
Thanks I picked both up, it's been VERY helpful and is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. :) Highly recommened to others. best regards, Jone > > >Some people are happy to learn from examples by trial and error; it looks to >me as if you're the sort of person who isn't content with that, and wants to >understand the underlying concepts. > >That's the sort of person whom I had in mind as the target audience for my >XSLT Programmer's Reference. After using XSLT for a month or so you're >exactly at the right stage to get a lot of value from the book. The only >difficult choice is whether to get the 2nd edition (covering XSLT 1.0) or >the third (for XSLT 2.0) - note that in the latter case, you should get the >companion volume on XPath 2.0 as well. > >Michael Kay >http://www.saxonica.com/ > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: jonec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jonec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >> Sent: 31 August 2005 01:36 >> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [xsl] help understanding xslt processing model >> >> HI, >> >> I have quite a bit of programming experience but after using xslt forr >> about a month (using web and oreilly book mostly), I still am all too >> often befuddled as to why my output is a certain way and not >> another :( >> >> I can attribute allmost all my errors to a lack of >> understanding of how >> the xslt processor is walking through the style sheet/input document >> and applying my rules and the default rules. >> >> Could anyone perhaps point me to any good reference martial >> on understandin >> g the model more in depth? >> >> I really wish I could just see it in pseudo code; with the default >> template logic too. Just because that's the sort of thing I >> understand fairly readily, it shows the logic. foreach this do >> this, while this etc. >> >> I'm using mostly libxslt on linux to transform xml to html. I've tried >> a few debuggers to see the walking through of the stylesheet as it >> happens, but the linux debuggers aren't very good and often can't make >> it through the sheet heh. >> >> any help appreciated! >> thanks, Jone
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